論文

国際誌
2021年2月20日

Extractable organochlorine (EOCl) and extractable organobromine (EOBr) in GPC-fractionated extracts from high-trophic-level mammals: Species-specific profiles and contributions of legacy organohalogen contaminants.

The Science of the total environment
  • Kota Mukai
  • ,
  • Takashi Fujimori
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  • Hoang Quoc Anh
  • ,
  • Satoshi Fukutani
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  • Tatsuya Kunisue
  • ,
  • Kei Nomiyama
  • ,
  • Shin Takahashi

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開始ページ
143843
終了ページ
143843
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143843

Previous studies have suggested that unidentified compounds constitute a large proportion of extractable organochlorine (EOCl) and extractable organobromine (EOBr) in the crude extracts without fractionation; however, the proportion of unidentified EOX (X = chlorine, bromine) associated with high-/low-molecular-weight compounds is still unknown. In this study, we applied gel permeation chromatography to fractionate extracts from archived liver samples of high-trophic marine and terrestrial mammals (striped dolphins, cats, and raccoon dogs), for which concentrations of legacy organohalogen contaminants (polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers [PBDEs]) had been previously reported. EOX in high- (>1000 g/mol) and low- (≤1000 g/mol) molecular-weight fractions (EOX-H and EOX-L) were determined by neutron activation analysis. Comparison of EOCl and EOBr enabled the characterization among species. Despite small differences in the concentrations and molecular-weight profiles of EOCl among species, the contribution of chlorine in identified compounds to EOCl-L varied from 1.5% (cats) to 79% (striped dolphins). Considerable species-specific variations were observed in the concentrations of EOBr: striped dolphins exhibited significantly greater concentrations of both EOBr-H and EOBr-L than cats and/or raccoon dogs. Moreover, the contribution of bromine in PBDEs to EOBr-L was >50% in two cats, while it was <6% in other specimens. This is the first report on EOBr mass balance in cetaceans and on EOX mass balance in terrestrial mammals living close to humans. These results suggest the need for analysis of unidentified chlorinated compounds in terrestrial mammals and unidentified brominated compounds in marine mammals.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143843
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33303197
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143843
  • PubMed ID : 33303197

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